Wind-motor.



G. D. PEARSON.

WIND MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8,1911. 1,027,501 Patented May 28, 1912.

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G. D. PEARSaON.

WIND MOTOR.

APPLICATION TILED APR 8, 1911.

1,027,501 Patented May 28,1912.

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6e0rg'e, D. Dear-son, //7 Vemox:

GEORGE D. PEARSON, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

WIND-MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 8, 1911.

Patented May 28 Serial No. 619,769.

To all who/1t it may cont-ere.

lie it. known that l. (liiouun l). Pmuson, residing: at lrlontreal, in the Province of Quebec, Dominion ot (:lltlltttitl have ina vented eertain new and use'l'nl lii'ipitwements in lvll ltl hl flltfl'n, of whit-h the following is a speeitioat'imi. i rly invention has for its olrieet to provide a motor adapted to, firstly, utilize the power of the wind exerted as usual as side load thereon. and. seeondly, to ehange the direction of the wind eurrents within the motor with the ell'e t ol eoneentrating what would otherwise he lost tone and developing additional power to he deliveredwith the power developed from the side, loath as available torque.

To this end my invention may he said, broadly. to consist of a wind motor of the 2G turhine type having a eore of inverted eonieal form and its vanes ot' slightly spiral form, tangentially arranged their main length diverging l'roni thehottom upward substantially in eoineidenee with the eore while their upper. ends are turned sharply imvardly to the base, oil the eone.

For full eomprehension hmvever of the motor referent-e must he had to the zit-(onipanyine; drawings 'iorniine part of this 39 spwitieution, in whit-n similar relerenee eharaeters ind eate the same parts and wherein:

l ignrel is an elevation of my improved motor; Fig. 2 is a part: side elexaion and part. vertical. :tional view of two elements ol the motor; Fig. 3 is a part plan view and part horizontal sectional view of one elevment of my improved motor; llie 1 is a plan. view of one (it the blades: Fig, 5 is a,

plan view of the motor as illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional View of the governoiz I The preferred embodiment of my invention comprises a vertieal series of turbines 2, 3, 4,5, (3 and 7 arranged in axial. alinement and snpportedhy a main vertical shaft 8, such series being divided into two bat teries t) and 10 mounted on separate tubular shafts 12 rotatahly earried on the main shaft and operutively connected thereto by a pair of clutches t3 and Li operated from the base by lovers 1?) and pendant rods it), power being transmitted from the shaftand distributed by means of hevelgears 20 21 a shaft 22, driving pulley Q3, belt and a dy- 92, 8th 34. 35. 3G, 3? and 38 eaeh of slightly,

spiral form tan 'entially arranged and creasing in width from top to bottom et 39 and 40 respectively, which are para.

the radially outer edge, ll being at; right angles to these top and bottom etl inner edge 42 inclined relative ther while the u per inner corner is slit-areal ell as at "ll-i. The upper ends of these blades are riveted or otherwise rigidly seemed t an annular downwardly inclined Flange l-il tending from the base of an inverted (one and their lower ends are secured to and supported and hraeed by a eireular spidert'ranie t'toniprisiug a pair of annular hands or tlat rings 40, 417 unitednnnl brat-ed o: a series of radial stays 4S eeeured at their inner ends to a flanged eollar tired upon the. tubular shaft. The particular form and arltttlgtmtllt of these vanes with rela'tiioii to ttlt'll other and the eone is an important tam tor in the ellieient operation ot the motor and are as tollou'sr- 'i'he required spiral town and angular position of eaeh vane relutively to the axis of the motor is obtained hy arrangingthe inner end of the top edge and outer end of the lower edge in substantially radial ulineinenl, the inner end of the top edge overreaehing the line to a small extent (see Fig. 3 and disposing the upper edge at a slightly greater angle to the radial line than the bottom edge. while each vane is so eurvetl in the direction of its length that the greatest diau'ieter thereof is in a horizontal plane approximately three (gnarters distance from the bottom to the top of the turbine of whieh it forms a componentpart. Each turbine is positioned to place its vanes slightly in advance of the. vanes of the turbine beneath it.

The velocity of the shaft 8 is eoi'itrolled by a governor constructed preferably follows:A brake-wheel consisting of a hub and a series of Wide flat radial vanes or heaters 76 is mounted rotatahly on a shaft; 77 having a sleeve 78. with a miternear T9 and a. pair of governorl'ialls tit) nmunted rigidly thereon, and a clutch sleeve 1 slidahly keyed thereto and eonneet ed to the gm'ernor-hall hangers by a pair of rigid links 82, the lower end of the hub of the and the brake-wheel being formed with a clutch face 83. The mitengear 79 is rot-atively connected to the driven shaft 22 by a miter- .gear 90, pulley 92, belt 93 and a pulley 94, upon the driven shaft. The vanes are braced between the spider and flange 44 by a pair of rings 70, 71. In order to facilitate the installation of the motor the tubular shaft 12, cone 45, flange a l, spider rings 4-6, 4:7, and bracing rings 70 and 71, are di- Videdand connected as at 75 by any preferred detachable connect-ion (see Fig. 3),

the division being so made that the vanes are intact and permanently fixed in the separable parts; thus permitting the shaft 8 to be first mounted in its bearings and the tubular shafts-with the turbines to be sub sequently set in place.

Assuming for purposes of description the motor to be momentarily in the position shown in Fig. 3-, the energy of the winds impact upon a portion at least of the vanes 38 and'30'at the left side of the axis, is converted into torque transmitted directly to the hollow shaft, whereas the relative angular positions of the exposed vanes 35 and 35 at the right. side of the axis deflect the wind and thus reduce to a certain extent the resistance offered thereby to the rotation of the turbine. The wind striking the vanes exposing even the smallest portions of their inside faces is retained and in addition to absorbing the energy due to the impact such vanes convert this volume of the wind into spiral streams having accelerated vedocity and project them with considerable force against the vanes 31,132 and 33 the inwardly hun ed upper ends of which pro ject-these-jstreams man upward and for ward direct on against. the rear or inner faces of the; ,vanes 34,35 and 36 of the tur- "bineabove' and in this manner not only neutralizing but overcoming the resistance side of the turbine, effectively augmenting 1 theimpact force. Upon the velocity of the motor and consequently shaft 22 exceeding a predetermined maximum the centrifugal force in' the governor will cause the balls 80 to rise and the clutch sleeve 81 to engage the brake wheel which will otter sufiicient resistance to retard the motor and reduce its velocity.

What I claim is follows 1. In a turbine the combination with a core of a series of tangential spiral vanes decreasing in width from base to crown and the bases of which extend in width'from within close proximity of the circular boundary line of the turbine to within close proximity of the core, such vanes being up.-

dwardly diverging and spaced from the core between its ends and inwardly abruptly curved at their upper ends and means connecting upper and lower ends of'the .vanes to the core.

2. In a Wind motor the combination with a revoluble carrying member of a plurality of turbines rotatively connected to the said memberand each comprising an inverted conical core and an annular series of tangentially arranged spiral vanes the bases of which extend in width from within close proximity of the circular boundary line of the turbine to within close proximity of the apex of the cone, and the upper ends thereof being curved abruptly inwardly to the base of the cone; and means securing the said vanes in place. v

3. In a turbine the combination with a core of truncated inverted conical form having an encircling flange at its base and a circular spider at its truncated apex, of a series of tangential spiral vanes the bases of which extend in width from within close proximity of the circular boundary line of the turbines to within close proximity of the core, such .vanes being upwardly diverging substantially in parallelism with the core" and inwardly abruptly curved at their upper' ends, means connecting the upper ends of the vanes to the flange, and means connecting the lower ends of the said vanes to the spider.

In testimony ,whereof I have signed my name to this specificati'on in the presence of two witnesses.

enonen D. PEARSON.

Witnesses NORYAL DICKSON, E. R. Pirrs. 

